A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'big'

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>10,000 per million occurrences >1,000 per million >100 per million >10 per million >1 per million >0 per million Isogloss map for 'big' Shetland 296.4 occurrences per million words 18 authors out of 54 Orkney 705.5 occurrences per million words 18 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 8,547.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 1,048.2 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 640.9 occurrences per million words 19 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 590.7 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 16 South Northern 1,139.3 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 4 Dundee 987.7 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 9 North East Central 1,808.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 1,024.4 occurrences per million words 25 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 388.1 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 20 Glasgow 1,953.2 occurrences per million words 17 authors out of 23 West Central 1,282.7 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 445.6 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 549.0 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 1,015.1 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 1,962.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 1,726.1 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 1,148.4 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 689.5 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 1,075.8 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'big' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'big' 10,000 per million 1,000 per million 100 per million 10 per million 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2000 17 total occurrences 297.36 per million words 2001 51 total occurrences 666.31 per million words 2002 51 total occurrences 676.02 per million words 2003 74 total occurrences 494.94 per million words 2004 44 total occurrences 418.06 per million words 2005 39 total occurrences 573.68 per million words 2006 105 total occurrences 1,218.14 per million words 2007 45 total occurrences 487.01 per million words 2008 46 total occurrences 585.38 per million words 2009 33 total occurrences 405.51 per million words 2010 89 total occurrences 757.71 per million words 2011 50 total occurrences 344.40 per million words 2012 74 total occurrences 553.07 per million words 2013 94 total occurrences 1,263.08 per million words 2014 130 total occurrences 755.79 per million words 2015 61 total occurrences 468.72 per million words 2016 72 total occurrences 472.73 per million words 2017 137 total occurrences 941.96 per million words 2018 41 total occurrences 526.48 per million words 2019 84 total occurrences 872.75 per million words 2020 533 total occurrences 1,570.09 per million words 2021 511 total occurrences 1,086.96 per million words 2022 133 total occurrences 608.99 per million words 2023 57 total occurrences 583.95 per million words 2024 5 total occurrences 346.21 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 297.36 17
2001 666.31 51
2002 676.02 51
2003 494.94 74
2004 418.06 44
2005 573.68 39
2006 1,218.14 105
2007 487.01 45
2008 585.38 46
2009 405.51 33
2010 757.71 89
2011 344.40 50
2012 553.07 74
2013 1,263.08 94
2014 755.79 130
2015 468.72 61
2016 472.73 72
2017 941.96 137
2018 526.48 41
2019 872.75 84
2020 1,570.09 533
2021 1,086.96 511
2022 608.99 133
2023 583.95 57
2024 346.21 5

'big' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
566.74
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
934.38